North Korea’s World Cup miracle and the town that kept the memory alive

NK News – North Korea News · Jul 22, 2026

This week, the NK News Podcast presents a special episode on one of the most unlikely stories in World Cup history: North Korea’s extraordinary run at the 1966 tournament and the English town that embraced the team as its own. Sixty years after the DPRK stunned Italy and reached the quarterfinals, this episode revisits how […]